Job summary
Job Title: Clinical Pharmacist - 88918
Grade: Band 7
Trust: Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Royal Berkshire Hospital, RG1 5AN
Ward:Pharmacy
Pay Rates: £28.90 per hour
Shift Patterns: 37.5 hours per week, Mon-Fri 09:00-17:15
Why might this job interest you?
Are you a skilled and compassionate Pharmacist with Clinical experience? Are ready to play a crucial role in patient care? Join our team at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and help us make a difference!
Main duties of the job
- Participate in clinical pharmacy services including, prescription review, patient counselling, adverse drug reaction reporting and therapeutic drug monitoring and individualisation of patients drug therapy.
- Undertake clinical and technical duties in the dispensary dependant on service requirements.
- Provide expert advice to medical and nursing staff on matters relating to safe, economic and effective drug use, including implementation of the Medicines Management Policy, Hospital Formulary and all Trust drug related policies.
- Participate in delivery of the departmental in-house training scheme for all staff including pre-registration trainee pharmacists, pharmacists and postgraduate diploma student, undergraduates, technicians and student technicians.
- Assist in planning and implementing clinical pharmacy service developments and other medicines related change.
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
Details
- Date posted: 29 May 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 7
- Salary: £28.90 an hour
- Contract: Bank
- Duration: 3 months
- Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: M0042-88918A
- Job locations: Royal Berkshire Hospital, London Road, Reading, RG1 5AN, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for a more detailed breakdown of the duties and responsibilities of this role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- NHS experience is Highly Desirable including Clinical Pharmacy experience.
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or UK recognised equivalent.
Desirable
- Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy.
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